Emem Okon is a feminist activist, grassroots mobilizer, gender specialist, social change advocate, and a development practitioner who has successfully led grassroots campaigns in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria for 26 years. As a governing guardian, her intersectional work in the non-profit sector, corporate social responsibility, human rights, social justice, gender and development issues makes her a valuable asset to the team.

Emem specializes in practical issues associated with gender, women empowerment, grassroots mobilization, Climate Change, women peace and security, land rights, gender and extractives as it affects women in rural communities. Due to static systems of development that do not acknowledge local practices as valid, Emem builds the infrastructure for a decolonized and eco-feminist approach to climate justice in her region.

Emem is currently the Executive Director of Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre; She is Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees of WoMIN African Alliance an African regional women-led alliance of women organizations and community women groups working on gender and extractives.

Emem is also one of the Alternate members of the Governing Council to the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) in Nigeria on the implementation of the remediation programme in Ogoniland.

See Emem’s KinHub, Kebetkatche Women